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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 26
26 Oct 2007 16:25:28 GMT
Source: Reuters
Oct 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1530 GMT on Friday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* ADHAIM - Roadside bombs killed six truck drivers and wounded five others when they exploded near a convoy in Adhaim, 53 km (32 miles) north of Baquba, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and four others wounded by a roadside bomb attack in southern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said.

* MUQDADIYA - A suicide bomber killed one civilian and wounded four others including three women outside a the office building of an anti-al Qaeda group in Muqdadiya, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

* BUHRIZ - A roadside bomb killed one passer-by and wounded three others in the town of Buhriz, 60 km (36 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

LATIFIYA - Two handcuffed and blindfolded bodies were found with gunshot wounds in Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR KIRKUK - Two policemen were wounded by a roadside bomb that targeted their patrol on the road between Kirkuk and Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - Five bodies were found in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said.

MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers killed two men inside a car that refused to stop at a checkpoint in Mosul on Thursday. Police said the Iraqi soldiers found weapons inside the car.

MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers killed six gunmen in clashes in western Mosul on Thursday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different districts in Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

DIWANIYA - A roadside bomb killed two policemen and wounded three others in the town of Dagghara, 10 km (6 miles) north of Diwaniya, police said. Diwaniya is 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad.

HILLA - A mortar attack wounded four people in central Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said.

HAWIJA - Gunmen killed a nurse in a drive-by shooting outside the major hospital in central Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.


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